The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-19 00:00:00

AIISTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF Mr. . CHARLES PETTITT ALLEN, Treasurer of the tiivumv e. untY of )liddlesex, from 2d January to 2d April, PO, in- As TO TUE ORDINARY GENERAL COUNTY RATE. RECEIP 1311 ane, 1 in the Bank of Engla T. nd on 2dJan., 1864 £10,227 14 3 RATES, Arretr g O R that day of the Rate traade ck ; , 4 ober 15, 1863 .. £837 5 3 ate mad e on I,:thJanuary 1864.. 19,( 83 7 6 -- X 19,920 12 9 Amount of Rates received. Criminal Prosecutions z.tld Con veyance of prisoners for Penal Ir Servitude : rota the Lords of the Treasut Y account of Criminal Prose cutions irom Ist January to 30th £4,560 12 7 —.hne, 1863 • Ditto the amount paid for the w nreyance of Convicts sen .,terked to Penal Servitude dur ing the same period 11 8 2 £4,680 0 9 ROUSE OF CORRECTION AT COLDBATH FIELD*. Or Materialsworked up and L p hour done by Prisoners orliread, Officers' Uniforms, and Prisoners' Boots made for, and Cocoa supplied to the House of 499 19 1 at Westminster • • F or Bread tio and Officers' Uniforms made for, and Cocoa supplied to 107 1 3 ••,thP House of Detention.. • • For Bread and Officers' Uniforms made for, and t' lour and Cocoa tsupplied to the County Indus ri School at am F or Maintenance of Felth Military Pi i _ !otters Ditto of Priso — ners not sentenced to hard l a b our 1 10 0 •• • • Sums taken f rom V agran ts to be aPPllad towards their Main- By Salnce ten ae of Old Stores •• .• ••• • Com tai pensation for Uniform re tied by Officers on their leav ing tNohe S erv i ce of the Prison .• 18 2 P rinting done for the County 21 18 6 Boots made for and supplied to the County Lunatic Asylum 32 10 6 _at Hanwell For Uniforms made for and sup- Plied to the County Lutiat.o 2 6 ,„ () ay C opy f a litm at oln Com ey mit rent • • 32 13 0 1 4 r C o• • For Caps made for Officers c i 8 6 0 Bedford Prison .. • • 459 2 5 97 5 0 . £1,961 16 0 F or PerIIOITSE F O CORRECTION AT WESTMINSTER. mission to deposit Soil the Laid adjoining the -rrisou £5O 0 0 IPo r Materials worked up and La bour done by Prisoners • • tIY sale of Old Stores • • outas taken from Vagrants to be a pplied towards their Mainte -I,uance Or Straw Hats and Bonnets Made for and supplied to the County Lunatic A silum at , Socks lianwell -• • • • • • • 22 2 6 F or Boys'repaired for the „County Industrial School at r For • • 12 18 10 or Maintenance of Excise Pri soners •• •• •• Ditto of Customs dit 0 •8 2,956 2 3 356 15 1 326 0 3 69 6 8 75 0 0 100 10 11 174 4 9 195 6 11 £155 13 7 HOUSE OF DETENTION. Overdrawn during last Quarter by the Clerk of the Prison for F or petty Disbursements .. .. £ll 16 2 _or Maintenance of Deserters .. 32 14 0 16 Y Sale of Wash . • • -r copy of a Commitment .. 018 0 Pri 0 1 4 45 9 6 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FELTHAIki. )3 Y Sale of Farm Produce.. • • £ 72 15 3 ,itto of Rags and Iron .. .. 43 8 a -ovvards the Maintenance of juve nile Offenders in the School .. 93 8 0 --- 170 6 11 'WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Pee s r • ecewed by Inspectors . • 68 19 9 F ines and Penalties .. .. 161 11 3 aLolety of Produce of forfeited un just Weights and Measures .. 5 6 8 SUNDRIES. ,- uses of inquiring into the Settlement of a Lunati c Lunatic and removing him to the CountY Asylum at Coiney batch • • • • 2 9 0 .. .. .. £37,40_0 0 4 Total Receipt EXPENDITURE. house of Correction at Cold Bath Fields — General Expenses . . .. Z 10,7425 .) 1 10 3 6 10 onttne Annuities • • • Interest of moneys borrowed .. 417 310 Principal repaid 500 0 0 .• •• /louse of Detention at Clerkenwell — General Expenses • • • • 1 ' 6 1 5 16 1 6 7 I nterest of moneys borrowed.. Principal 200 repa'd •• • • 0 0 house of Correction at Westminster -3 132 0 7 General Expenses • • • 'fl3l 15 1 Interest of moneys borrowed 5 0 0 Principal repaid .• • • County Industrial School for Boys -3 289 19 2 General Expenses •• •• ' 19 5 I nterest of moneys borrowe d .. 691 809 0 0 Principal repaid . • •• ** l'a,Yments for Boys on th eir 41 0 0 aischarge •• •• •• ---____ Conveyance of male juvenile offenders to the Industrial School at Feltharn • • • • I tetorrnatory School Ship Cornwall—Mainte nace of Boys • • Reformatory School for Girls— _ Maintenance .. County Lunatic Ayslum at Ilanwell — Intere 4of money borrowed .. •• zluitia Storehouses — Rents, Taxes, Insurance, Fuel, &c. 846 4 6 Interest of moneys borrowed .. 318 5 6 Prosecutors and WitnesseS— Central Criminal Court Middlesex Sessions .. Criminal Justice Act .. Juvenile Offenders Act.. 608 8 8 1,865 1 4 48 2 3 1 12 6 Coroners' Expenses Salaries. paid. Total. 3Siddlesex— £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. West. ll3 00 .. 212 26 .. 357 2 6 Central 305 0 0.. 783 16 0..1( . 90 16 0 E as t 375 0 0 .. 80 Z 17 0 ..1177 17 Westminster 110 0 0.. 2'2 5 0 .. 322 5 0 Duchy of Lancaster. 11 1 9.. 7 0 0.. 18 1 9 Gross total •• •• •• •• Bridges Sessions ilouse,Clerkenwell Guildhall, Westminster • • .• Assistant Judge's additional Salary .. Clerk of the Peace • • • • " • ~e ights and Measures • • .. • • • reasurer of the County .. • • • • •• Conveyance to' Depots of Offenders sentenced to .„,„Penal Servitude • • • • • • • • • • Expenses incurred under the Registration of Voters' Act (6 Viet., c. 18) • • • • •• General Printing and Stationery • • • • i,f l Jlvertisements • • •• • • • • A liseellaneous Charges • • • • • • •• Total Expenditure .. • . £32,222 12 5 B alance in the Bank of Eng land .. .. 5,177 711 13 3 5 604 8 2 170 6 8 37 7 2 309 3 0 £37,100 . 0 4 AS TO "TnE LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT, 1853," RATE. RECEIPT. talanee in the Bank of England on 2d January, 10,381 2 3 1864 llrrears on that day of the Rate 'Kate on 15th October, 1 8 63 .. X1,209 3 8 'Kate made on 14th January, 1864 9,511 13 9 p_ Amount of Rates received .. .. 10,810 17 5 ensions payable to and money received for Maintenance of, Lunatics at Hanwell and l'''Olney Hatch Asylums a t the charge of the County .. • • '24 10 0 .. £21,216 18 8 Total Receipt .. • • • EXPENDITURE. L unatic Asylum at Hartwell — Ordinary repairs • • • • • • Interest paid • • • • • • Principal repaid .. • • •• Annuities to retired Officers .. £837 19 9 936 5 10 1,000 0 0 47 17 8 ----- 2,842 3 3 Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch Ordinary repairs .. 1,233 5 2 Improvements .. • • • • 197 4 2 Interest paid ••• 3,119 8 0 Principal repaid • . .. Z 416 13 4 Annuities to retired officers 47 10 0 Ilaintenance of county lunatics .. .• 7,014 0 8 3,392 13 8 Total expendltare . • Balance in the Bank of England .. • • .. £13,243 17 8 .. 7,963 1 0 £21,216 18 8 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT HANWELL. ---- - DR. Amount in the Bank of England in the joint n ames of Henry Pownall , Esq. , Henry Morris Kemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, on 2d Jan., HMI .. .. .. .. .. £1,137 5 6 --- Cit. Amount in the Bank of England in the aboYe mentione I three names on 2d April, 1864 .. £1,137 5 6 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR PROVIDING COUNTY IN DUSTRIAL SCHOOLS IN MIDDLESEX. Dn. 1 3a'ance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris Remshead, Esq•, and the County Treasurer, £1,158 1 1 on 2d „Tan., 186 i . • .. • • CR. l'aldthe Contractor for erecting Gas Works and Buildings and for supplying mains and fittings £Bll 10 8 1 ,1 ct the engineer, for serv•ces rendered by him 1 , , n the construction of the g asworks . • • the Clerk of he Works for ditto • • • Balance in the Bank of Engl and in the above- Mentionei three names on 2d April, 1864 .. 77 10 0, 15 0 0 254 0 5 £1,158 1 1 AB TO isioNETS BORROWED UNDER TILE MILITIA. LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1854. DR. itil lount in the Bank of E ngland in the joint n ames of Henry Pownall, Esq. H enr y Morris -4 •elnshead, Esq. and the County Treasurer, £34 010 4 'n 2d Jan ., 186 1 ' • •• •• ••• ••• CR. l'ni d OR account of works done at the Storehouse 0 t the Ist R eg i m ent of Middlesex Militia at am p s tead • • • • • • • • 34 010 , 4 ' B TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR ENLARGING THE ROUSE OF CORRECTION AT COLDBATII FIELDS. RECEIPT. Ilalance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq , Henry Morris -n-elnshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, ou 2d Jan 1801 .. • • .. .. • . £0,671 15 11 th EXPENDITURE. e Clerk of the Works, twelve weeks' wages £37 16 0 aid the Engineer for a paratus for warming /.; fcr d ventilating. the new buildings locks and keys for the new buildings 151 9 5 l ard the Contractors for erecting the new centre 'e' th" • a b i ll „ thit e n". 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Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations free. —B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W; + 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN .11.4 EFFECTUAL Y, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mated to he the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption it- effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13ad., and three quantities in one, 2s. cid. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address ae. engraved on the stamp. 5,372 9 0 £6,671 15 11 T e a e , t h accounts, of which the above is an abstract . , were pre ed to th e Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Middlesex on 4 1864, on the oath of Mr. Charles Pettitt Allen, the G treasurer of the said county, and were audited on the same by the following justices of the peace for the said county, r na • i — Henry Morris Kemshead (Chai man), Francis W Brock- Peter dkin John y Brooking, Bo Henry m Wyatt, 14:squires , , and Saver were audited and 4 " Wed by the same Quarter Sessions on 14th April, 1864. CITA LILES I'. ALLEN, Treasurer of Middlesex. 7 < z A Si) ":" . 4": 7 : • IP' ' • i'V ti WCtj .••• 1" i t . 4 ' • 1 gt" • ' ' 44.1)7... • 1 ;7f: • -`• • . 111: 4/I s, 114 c.) , -4 6 ;,„, I.7\‘ ,•• .• • • • . 1 • t. 6 1141b 10' . c • 4. ~ DIE, ,4 ' •• ° I)R°rr. - THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1864. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-April 18, The April adjourned sessions for criminal business com menced at Clerkonwell this day, before Mr W. H. Bodkin (Assistant Judge) and a bench of justices. .... . _ The calendar contains the names of 109 prisoners, of which number five only can read and write well, and 41 can neither read nor write at all. IMPROPER CONDUCT OF THE POLICE. _ _ Mr. HARRY PALMER said he was requested by Mr, Bassett, a solicitor of Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, to state that he wasnow present and ready to offer any explana• tion to the Court which might be required in reference to the cases of George Farmer, Thomas Featherstone, and William Taylor, in which he was instructed to prosecute. The Assistant-Judge said the costs of Mr. Bassett were refused because the Court had been informed that it was the practice of certain persons to attend the police courts of the metropolis to make arrangements with police con stables who were concerned in cases, and to induce pro secutors to allow them to undertake to engage counsel for the trial, upon the understanding that no expense beyond the county allowance would be incurred. Mr. Bassett wrote to the Court indulging in all kinds of threats which were to be carried out if the refusal to allow costs was persisted in. luquiries wore then directed, and it was found that in each of the three cases mentioned Mr. Bas sett, or the man representing him, had solicited the pro secutors in the way described. The police had interfered to obtain the prosecution for Mr. Bassett, and their conduct would be reported to the proper authorities. The Court would do all they could to discourage these practices, and Mr. Bassett would certainly not be allowed any costs. The same system prevails to a greater extent in the Cen tral Criminal Court, and urgently demands similar repres sion. Germain Soyer, aged 42, pleaded guilty to stealing seve ral sums of money belonging to the trustees of the French Dispensary, by whom he was employed as collector. Mr. Metcalfe, who was instructed to prosecute, stated that the prisoner absconded in June last, and had since col lected about £4O or £5O. his dishonesty being facilitated by the possession of a book of printed forms of receipts for donations to the dispensary, which he carried away with him. The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned nine calendar months with hard labour. John Wilson Davis, aged 31, pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling three several sums, amounting to £8 Os sd. Mr. Ribton prosecuted ; Mr. John Best appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Ribton stated that the prisoner was in the service of Mr. James Forsdyke, a tobacconist, in High-street, Shore ditch, as traveller and collector, at a salary of 25s per week. Ho had been promised, in addition, a commission at the rate of £lbe per cent. on his sales, when they exceeded £5O in a week, but they had never reached that sum and no commis sion had been earned. The total of his misappropriations was between £6O and £7O. Mr. Best addressed the jury in mitigation of punishment, and stated that the prisoner had trusted to the produce of the commission to replace the moneys of his master. The Assistant-Judge said that no explanation was given of the disposal of £6O or £7O which the prisoner had taken while receiving 25s a week. Sentence-12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. George Knight, aged 41, pleaded guilty to stealing half a bushel of corn ; and Wm. Alfred Paul, aged 21, pleaded guilty to receiving the same, well knowing it to be stolen. This was an ordinary case of robbery by a servant, where by his master's horses were deprived of half the food allowed for their day's consumption. Suspicion had been excited against another person, and the police watched, but found Paul taking the oats from Knight. It appeared that Paul had born hitherto an unexceptionable character, and that the prosecutor thought him less guilty than others who had not been detected. The Assistant-judge sentenced Knight to be imprisoned 12 and Paul to be imprisoned six calendar months, and kept at hard labour. Charles Williams, aged 22, and Edward Collins, aged 19, were charged with stealing a diamond ring, a locket, and other articles, of the value of SlOO, belonging to Mrs. Patter son, from the dwelling-house of her husband. It appeared that the prisoners took advantage of being employed to carry luggage from a cab into the house, to enter Mrs. Patterson's dressing-room and to steal the jewellery. They tried to induce William Parrott, one of the Shoe-black Brigade, to pawn some of the articles, but he refused to do so, and was an important witness, as none of the property had been found. The prisoners wero found guilty, and were proved to have been companions and known to the police. The Assistant• Judge directed 10s. to be given to William Parrott, as an acknowledgment of the boy's honesty in refusing to assist in the disposal of stolen property, and sentenced Williams to two years' and Collins to one years' imprisonment, with bard labour. George Watson, og, d 30, pleaded guilty to a charge of pot stealing, and, having been formerly convicted, was sen tenced to be kept in penal servitude for three years, Thomas Grant, aged 26, pleaded guilty to stealing a bale of paper value £6, the property of Messrs. Winn Brothers and Co. The bale was removed from the warehouse and placed on a barrow. The prisoner, being known, was stopped. It was said that he had only recently returned from penal servitude. He was now sentenced to penal servitude for four years, Robert Smith, aged 48, pleaded guilty to a charge of pot stealing, after a former conviction, and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour. John Boyes, 25, was convicted on several indictments which charged him with stealing the greatcoats of as many little boys, who live at Notting-hill, and who were induced either to leave their still younger brothers in charge of the coats while taking messages for the prisoner, or were vio lently dispossessed of them without any subterfuge on his part. _ His former master said ha had borne a good character up to Midsummer last, but ho had since lost sight of him. Sentence, two years' imprisonment with hard labour. JamesManeon, 22, George Roberts, 23, and Robt. Smith, 20, were indicted for stealing a plate basket, containing £3O worth of silver articles, from the house of Mr. T. Hughes, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, on the 21st December last. It appeared that two of the prisoners had been undergoing imprisonment in Coldbath-fields prison since the robbery, and were taken into custody upon being discharged. The evidence showed that the prisoners were in company on the day named, that they were seen near Mr. Hughes's house, that Manson was seen to go down the area steps at the foot of which was the pantry, in which the butler had placed the plate-basket, and that Manson was seen about the time of its loss, still in the company of the other two men, and car rying a basket covered with straw. When Roberts and Man son were put in a cab at the door of Coldbath fields prison, Smith came up with another man in Volunteer uniform, and attempted to rescue them. On being apprehended sub sequently he was identified as the third who, three months before, had been concerned in this robbery. Manson repeatedly declared that he was innocent; that he was all round Clapham and Brixton on Dec. 21st, that he returned home at half-past four, that he pawned his coat the same evening, and that the two other prisoners then told him they had committed this robbery with the assist ance of a man named M'Carthy, who unfortunately resem bled him in appearance. The jury found all the prisoners guilty. Sergeants Cole and White proved former convictions against Manson and Roberts. They said that M'Carthy did not resemble Manson, and that Manson had long been known as an area thief. On one occasion they searched a basket he was carrying, and underneath the straw they found a hook with a string attached, and an instrument which would easily open the catches of windows. His plan was to mark the house where the platebasket was left in the lowest room, to watch for the absence of the servants upstairs, to open the window and draw out the platebasket by the hook, and to conceal it under the straw in the other basket, which was just large enough to receive it. blanson, when sentenced to bo kept in penal servitqo for seven years, protested his innocence, called on the other two me n to clear him, and clung so tenaciously to the dock rail that three officers were necessary to remove him. He was with great difficulty overpowered and conveyed to the cells of the Sessions-house. The Assistant Judge then sentenced Roberts to four years _ _ an d Smith to three years' penal servitudo,and he directed a reward of 20s to be given to a cabman named John Winter, whose evidence was important on the question of identity. SECOND COURT. ]fir Payne presided in the Second Court to-day, Bridgett Fat rell surrendered on bail to answer a charge of stealing several packets:of groceries belonging to her master. The prisoner was servant to Mr Michael Lee, 243, Ful ham-road. The family consisted of Mr Lee, his wife, and daughter. Mr Lee ordered these groceries of Mr Barnes, of Fulham, on Friday evening, March 11. Geo. Hall, the errand boy, proved the delivery of the several packages to the prisoner on the same evening at Mr Lee's h')use. The half a pound of currents, were found scat• whole, excepting tercd about inside the railings of Fulham-crescent by the fire-anapeman Dowlands, as ho was going off duty on Saturday morning at 7 o'clock. The prisoner denied that the boy had delivered them, but Mrs Lee, on account of previous dishonesty, did not believe her, and dismissed her from the service. Mr. Lee was out of town until the fol lowing Wednesday evening, and on Thursday morning he gave her into custody. The jury found the prisoner not guilty. PERSIAN STUDENTS IN ENGLAND.—Five young Persian gentlemen have arrived in England to be educated at the expense of their own Government, under the care of his Excellency Mahmoud Khan, the Persian Minis ter in this country. PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPED:....Sd. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—After a gallant defence of two months Dybbol was taken yesterday morning by assault, and the Danish army has lost its last hold on the mainland of Schleswig, For some days the event had hem expected. Towards the close of last month it heeeme evident that the Prussians had thrown off the languor which marked the early conduct of the siege, and were resolved to press it with vigour and to force, if possible, a surianier. It need hardly be said that the prospect of the coming Con ference had much to do with this sudden display of energy. It is no injustice to the Prussians to sup pose that they were unwilling to retire from the scene of war without having gained come, conspi cuous advantage in a campaign of which they were the chief authors. Alth oug h th e ac t ua l posses sion of some Danish earthworks and a certain num ber of Danish prisoners might not tend to settle the question in dispute between Denmark and Germany, yet, the war being once begun, it was unpleasant to retire from it without the flowers, if not the fruits, of victory. Hence for the last f or t n i g ht th e Prussians have worked with a spirit of which their former operations gave no promise. Their great resources, their excellent arms and materials of war, their discipline, and the good military quali ties of their soldiers, have been used with effect in the reduction of the Danish stronghold. As the day for the Conference approached their desire for a speedy success became stronger, and in their im patience th(ay did not even think it necessary to abide by th e ordinary customs of war. But the burning of Sonderborg was only an episode of other and more legitimate operations. Day by day they brought their fire nearer the Danish batteries. At the beginning of last week it became evident that the Danes, unless largely reinforced, could not long hold the place. Unless such an army could have been placed in Schleswig as would have com pelled the enemy to raise the siege, the fate of Dybbol was sealed, for the Prussians were in their third parallel, the Danish batteries were suffering from the heavy fire, and the soldiers themselves were worn out with the continual work made necessary by a struggle with an enemy vastly su perior in numbers and better appointed in every respect. The extremities to which they were re duced and their growing despondency are well de scribed in our correspondent's letter. At last the assault was made yesterday morning. We do not yet know the details, but we trust that the conflict was less bloody than others which our time has witnessed. It seems certain that the Danes them selves expected the result, for they are described as dismantling the forts of the best part of their artil lery, and taking most of their guns over to Alsen. However that may be, we must presume that they defended the place with sufficient obstinacy. But the Prussians were successful. Redoubts Ito 7 are on the left and centre of the Danish line and extend from the shores of Wenning-bay to a point on the straight line which joins Sonderborg and the vil lage of Dybbol. These appear to have been first mastered by the Prussians, who then passed to the Danish rear and took possession of their communi cations. Then Redoubts 8,9, and 10 on the Danish right were taken, together with the tete-de Pont. The bridge was destroyed, and 2,000 men, with 51 officers, are spoken of as having fallen into the hands of the enemy. Thus ends the siege of Dybbol. Like the Russians on the morrow of the great tumult on the Malakoff, the Dance have aban doned their positions and retreated across a narrow piece of water, with the intention, no doubt, to dispute the further progress of the enemy. They probably do not consider themselves as wholly beaten or their cause as lost. On the other hand, the Prussians have won a decisive victory. It may not be a great one ; it may furnish no fitting subject for boasting, nor of complacent remembrance here after, but still it is a victory, and Prussia may con gratulate herself and her German friends that the Danish force is now driven from continentalSchleswig The allied Powers have accomplished that for which they profess to have taken up arms. They have their "material guarantee." They have entered Schleswig; they have defeated the King's army, driven it from two fortified positions, killed, wounded, or captured several thousands of Danes, superseded the Royal atehority, displaced the King's coinage. rjected his officials, forbidden the use of his n AMC even in the prayers of the C:larch, and Mile, they may hope, satisfied the most patriotic aspirations of the Ger man nation. Will not these things content them Both sides have done enough to show their c o u rege . and their military talents. The Danes have hela their ground well, and every one on the spot acknowledges that the Prnssiars have lately Fished the siege with skit' and energy. The operations have ended without dishonour attaching to either party. Fair success has rewarded the victor, and complete subjection has not fallen to the lot of the vanquished. At present the Danes are concentrated in Alsee, where they will endeavour to make a stand at the works which they are said to have been long preparing. Should the war continue, there can certainly be no doubt as to the fate of their army. The allied forces will be sooner or later able to cross the Sound, and compel a retreat to the Danish ships, or a capitulation. But time is neces sary for such a design. At present Denmark still has en army in the field the Conference will begin to-morrow, and the questions which are now being decided by the sword will be brought under its deliberations. It is an opportunity which ought not to be lost by the representatives of the neutral Powers. There will be a better chance of happy, relations between the Dane and the German, be tween the Sovereign and his subjects, if the war comes to an end without the Danish army being reduced to the last extremity. We are happy to believe that in these deliberations the two Western ' Powers will be found in accord. Although there may have been some minor differences in the views of the Emperor and her Majesty's Govern ment with respect to the grievances and rights of the Duchies, there is a full agreement that the integrity of the Danish Monarchy shall be pre served, and that the unhappy campaign in Schleswig and the occupation which is exhausting and demoralising both Duchies shall be brought to an end. Lord Clarendon is said to have found the Emperor ready to co-operate fully withGreatßritain in the restoration of peace, and the settlement of the chief questions in a manner consistent both with popular rights and the honour of the Danish Clown. It is clearly within the province of such a body of representatives as will meet to-morrow to urge in the strongest manner the cessation of blood shed. Now that the bases of the settlement have been formally or tacitly agreed upon there can be no necessity for a further appeal to arms. Every member of the Conference, with the ex ception, perhaps, of Baron Beast, will begin the discussion without any wish but for that reasonable compromise which is inevitable. Thequestions which will be really disputed may be difficult, but they re late more to administration and political rights than to nationality and dynasty. The further prosecu tion of the campaign can only retard a satisfactory arrangement. POST.—Last evening, pursuant to notice, Mr, Disraeli directed the attention of the House of Commons to the singular fact that during the past twelvemonths an Under Secretary of State had been taking part in the debates and divisions of the House, though absolutely disqualified from so doing by Act of Parliament. Wtien the late Secretary for War, Sir G. C. Lewis, died, the then Under Secretary in that department, the Earl De Grey and Ripon, was appointed to the vacant post, and the. Under Secretaryship wa s g iven to the Marquis of Hartington, a member of the Lower House of Parliament. To the latter appointment no objec tion was ever raised until last Friday evening, when Mr. Disraeli called attention to the circumstance that there were then five Under Secretaries occu pying seats in the House of Commons, although it was specially provided by the Legislature that four only should enjoy that privilege. The discussion of the question was postponed until last evening, but even in that brief interval circumstances had arisen which would seem to have stripped the ques tion trootcd by Mr. Disraeli of muss of its prac tical importance. The Vice-President of the Board of Education had meantime resigned, his eta.- had been given to the Under Secretary for the Home Department, and, consequently, when the House met last evening, there were but four Under Secre taries members of the House of Commons. The Government were thereby relieved from a disagree able dilemma, but it was, of course, still open to the House to mark its sense of what bad taken plane by recording a formal resolution to the effect that the law had been violated. Mr. Disraeli, however, submitted a resolution to the house which, in effect, not only declared that the statute had been in fringed, but that the seat held by the Marquis of Harlington, who until yesterday was the fifth Under Secretary of State, was vacated. As the points raised in the course of the discussion are not a little curious, and their bearings, both in a consti tutional and legal aspect of considerable importance, we will briefly refer to the changes which have at various times been made in the law so far as it af -1 fects the tenure of office under the Crown by mem. hers of the House of Commons; In the reign of Queea AIALe the Howe of Commons awoke to a con. -e:- - e.- £361 13 9 2 19 6 50 7 0 47 12 9 19 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 6 2 12 0 12,C9) 12 6 1,971 3 6 4,133 15 8 4,823 18 7 1 0 6 58 0 6 114 1 1 49 10 3 1,161 10 0 2,523 4 9 BANKERS. The Alliance Bank, Lothbury, London ; Brown's-buildings, Liverpool; and King-street, Manchester. SOLICITORS. - - - Messrs. Desborrtugh, Your,g, and Desborougt, 6, Sise-lane. Messrs. Swift and Co., Great George-street, Westminster. BROKERS. Messrs. Dezoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friars. SECRETARY (PRO TEM•) Mr. Chester Earles. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 2, Copthall-chunbers, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. PROSPECTUS. The Directors having received the support of eminent foreign capitalists, and the cc• operation of many of the lead ing firms in thi. , country connected with public works, are already in a position to announce that they have secured a business which will of itself yield a large return on the capital, without reckoning the probable profit which they will also derive from the further operations they have in view. The spirit of enterprise which has now manifested itself in foreign countries, with the encouragement given by the various Governments to the construction of works of public utility, leave no doubt th it there is still ample scope tor an undertaking of this nature. Having secured not only the influence of those connected with banking establishments in many of the principal cities of the continent, but the acquisi tion of business, which will form the basis of immediate profitable transactions, the Directors have no hesitation in introducing this Association to the public. The general objects of this company are the same as those of other compare es •of a kindred nature which have been lately started in this country, and which, by the judicious employment of capital, h ve been enabled to secure for the shareholders such large dividends. The company will negotiate :- 1. Loans and concessions for railways, and other public works abroad. 2. Th y will advance money on approved securities, as well as purchase end negotiate the same upon commission. 3. They will lend money to contractors of position and responsibility, and facilitate the construction of important public works, No promotion-money will be paid, and the amount of the Directors' remuneration will depend upon the profits made. With the view to extended operations upon the continent, the Directors are authorised to publish the names of the fol lowing Bankers, as the correspondents of the Company Vieux a Austrian Credit Institute. Berlin Hamburg The Brunswick Bank. Leipsia Heinr Knottier and Co. Cologne Breslaw F. Heiman, Banker. Munich Herr Von Froh iche, Banker. Dresden Konigsberg Hanover J. Copper and Son, Bankers. Dantzic Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the temporary offices of the company, 2, Copth all chambers. Angel-court, Throg,morton-street, or at iheofices of the brokers, Xessrs. Dezoete and Gorton, 2, Austin-friars. This form must be delivered entire to the bankers of the Company; and, after payment of dep .sit, the application to be retained by them. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES• No To the Directors o' the English and Foreign Credit Company (LimitedL Gentlemen,—Ffaving paid to your bankers the sum of , being a deposit of £1 per Shar; ; on shares in the above company, I hereby request th.:tt you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept s'Ach shares, cr any smaller number that may be allotted me, subject to the regulations of the company, and also to pay the further deposit of .£4 per share on allotment; and I hereby authorise the to enter my name on the register of shareholders for the abares so al lotted. Name in full Residence Profession or business Date EMPIRE OF MEXICO, ANGLO•FRENCII SIX PER CENT. LOAN. .£7,700,e00 represent incr a nominhl amount of £'2,30,000. In bonds to bearer of £1,0(0. 15 0, £ CO, ,£:00, and .£5) each, with others of smaller amcr,ints for the Continental mart;ets. With half-yearly CouP o ,As attached, payable lat April and , et o , tolior in London or Hans. ISSUED IN LONDON BY Messrs. GLYN, MILLS, and CO., AND THE, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SOCIETY (Limited). IN PARIS BY riTE SOCIETE GENERALE DE CREDIT MOBILIER. Decree. , of the Emperor Maxim Ban, dated loth and 11th April, 864, and conventions entered into vt ith Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., authorise the issue of Bonds of the )flex can. Empire to the extent of £ 2,36i,001 sterling, bearing interest. at 6 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly in Lon ton or Paris. Of this amount £8,00,09° bonds will be negotiated on ac count of the Mexican Government, and the remaining £4,365,001 on account of the French Government, by whom these bonds have been accepted in payment of expenses in curred in Mexico. The following are the arrangements for the issue to the public of the total amount of £12,365, 1 00, at the price of 83 per cent. (with interest from tat April), payable £5 on application. £3 „ allotment. £lO „ 15th June, 1861. £lO „ 15th August £lO „ 15th October ~ £lO „ 15th December £lO „ 16th February, 1885. 63 per cent. A coupon of 3 per cent., due Ist October, 1864. will be at tached to the scrip, and will be received in part payment of the instalment of 10 per cent., due 15th October ; and sub scribers will havee the option of paying the instalments under discount, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum , on any o f the days fixed for payment of the instalments. The ponds will be expressed in francs, as well as in sterling, so as to admit of their negotiation in Paris and other Conti nental markets. To afford facilities for the negotiation in France, his Excellency, M. Fould, the French Minister of Finance, has authorised that a pubic subscription shall be opened in Pais and the principal towns of France. He has also instructed the syndics of the Stock Exchange of Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Toulouse, and Bordeaux to admit the scrip and bonds of the loan to their daily negotiqions, and to order the dealings therein, both for cash and the ac count, to be quoted on the official lists. Each bond will have attached to it half yearly interest coupons. payable on Ist April and Ist October of each year, in London, in sterling, as the bank of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., and in Paris, at the fixed exchange of ?sf. W.!. per pound sterlin-r, at the bankers of the Mexi an Government. If the instalments be not paid at the respective due dates, interest at 10 per cent. per annum will be charged until pay ment. Should any instalment not be paid within o.ie calen dar month after its being due, the scrip, and all previous pay ments thereon will be forfeited. Out of the proceeds of the loan a sum equal to the four halt yearly payments of interest thereon falling due Ist 0 tober, 1864, Ist April and Ist October, 1865, and Ist April, 1866, will be retained in the Caisse des Depots et Consignations of the French Government at Paris. The Mixed Financial Com mission hereinafter described will be specially charged with the duty of providing, out of the funds so retained, for the payment in London and Paris of the said four ha,f yearly dividends. Also, out of the proceeds of the loan, and under precisely similar arrangements, funds will be retained for the next four half yeany payment , of interest on the 3 per cent. Mexi can Bonds held under the decree of October, 185', and on the new 3 per cent. bonds representing the capitalised arrears of interest thereon, as agreed to by the holders of the existing bonds a , their recent meeting in London. For the liquidation of the loan now to be contracted, a sinking fund, equal to 1 per cent. per annum on the nominal capital of the loan, will be provided from ist April, 186% and applied to the purchase in L u ndon and Paris, of bonds of the various classes issued to represent the loan. A Mexican Financial Commission will be at once estab lished in Paris, and wi I be empowered to do all official acts necessary for the completion and issue of the scrip and bonds arising out of the loan, and also for the capitalisation of the arrears of interest on the old bonds, and for other financial purposes. This commission will con ist of Count de Germiny, Senator, Honorary Governor of the Bank of France ; Mr. W lliam Hope, General Manager of the International Financial So ciety, as Provisional English Commissioner: and a member to be specially delegated by the Emperor of Mexico. The documents relating to the authorisation of the loan may be inspected at the offices of Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, solicitors, 46, Parliament-street, West minster. g an allotment t h e In case of any application not receivin . deposit made on application will be retu rned in full ; and if a less amount be allotted than is applied for the deposit wil be applied towards the further sum payable on allotment, and the surplus balance, if any, returned to the applicant. Appli ations, accompanied by the prescribed deposit, will be received by Messrs. Glyn , Mills , and Co., 67. Lomba:rd street, London, and the International F‘ nancial Society iLimited); or by the Societe. Generale de ere lit Mcbllier, itt Faris, until Saturday next, the 23d April. Lists will also be opened thrcughout the departments of France by all the cor respondents of the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier, and of the Credit Fonder of France. At Turin..by the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier Haien. At Madrid 19 Espagnol. At Amsterdam..de Commerce et 'd'lndusiiie. Forms of application and prospectuses may be had of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, or the In ternational Financial SociAy (Limited, 51, Old Broad - stree t. London, April 16, 1831. FORM OF APPLICATION, No To be retained by the Bankers. E M PIRE OF MEXICO. Ang l o -French Six per Cent. Loan-17,7..0,000, representings a Nominal Amount of £12,365,. 00. To Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., and the International Financial Society !Limited). flaying paid to Messrs. Glyn, Mills. and Co., the sum of , betm.r, the required deposit of 5 per cent. bov on .0 loan, , I request that y ou will allot me £5 in the ae and 1 hereby agree to ac ept that amount or any less sum that may be ailott d to me, and to pay the further in stalments thereon, in accordance with the te:ms of your prospectus of 16th .April, 1861. Name in full Adr.ress in full Occupation Pate - :1864. BANKERS' RECEIPT, No To be retained by applicant. EMPIRE OF MEXICO, per Cent. L0an—.C7,790,000, representing A n glo-French. Six a Nominal amount of L12,365,b00. 67, Lombard -street, London. April, 1861. Received of the sum of .0 on account of the above loan, being the deposit LI 5 per cent. on an appication for of the above lo A o n. Fr Glyn, Mills, and Co., '4,* The applicant wil , please fill up the blanks of this ap plicatitm =tithe receipt Defere preleAtiDg the, payment. THE NIZAM of the DECCAN'S Magnificent CRYSTAL CANDELABRA for INDIA, being one ot five recrntly manutactured (154 lights, 22 feet high, and 12 feet in diameter., is now on show, together with a great variety of rare and exquisite specimens of workman st.ip in glass, amongst which are designs in engravings taken from the famous E gin marb'es ; also a variety of the most delicate table glas., with elaborately eng,.a,ved namenta t,ons resembling the finest lace work. The altarpiece, in cryst 1, has now been a ddet J. DEFRIES and SONS. 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THE DUKE'S MOTTO. N.B.—The popular Dramas are founded upon these novels. London: Ward a , ,d Lock, 158, Flect-street. This Day, price K A TE H Uniform with the a 1. SKITTLES. 2. AN ONYMA. London : George Vicke Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented comrany, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Pow.2.r, air. T. Maclagan, G. W. Jester, &c. - - - • - In a few days will be produced, with alterations and im provements in produ:tion, the New Illusion, surpassing any thing yet attempted, entitled TE 'WEN uk,N A In - ; or, a N lIT WI 1211. SIIAKSPEIM, in which Mr. W. Randall will re-app , 2ar. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. ~~ ~ ~~~ //, C? Monrad. • • . sciousness that the Government abused the power it possessed.of rewarding its supporters in Parlia ment with lucrative offices, and an act was premed with the view of correcting that evil. By that statute it was provided that, with one or two trifling exceptions, all members of the House of Commons accepting office under the Crown should vacate their seats, with the privilege of presenting them selves for re-election ; and that no one holding any office created subsequent to the year 1705 should be qualified to sit in that house. At that time there were three Secretaries of State and as many Under Secretaries, for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial de partments respert'vely. So matters remained until the close of the American war, when, Great Britais having lost what had been her most irrportant colo nies, Mr. Burke introduced a bill for economical re form, by which the o ffi ce of the Secretary for the Colonies was abolished, as being one which was no longer necessary. This bill became law, and, until the, Secretaryship f or t h e C o l on i es was rev i ve d, th er e existed but two Secrotarvships of State with their attendant Under Secretar - 3 ships. At the termine tioe of the Crimean war it was thoueht adeiseble to create a Secretary of War, and an act was passed. with that intent, and by this statute it was pro vided that three Under Secretaries at :he most., should be eligible for seats in the House of Com mons. The next change which was effected arose from the creation. at a later period, of the office of Secretary of State for India, and the ac t b y wh i ch this office was created provided that the maximum number of Under Secretaries in the Lower House should thenceforth be four. Since then the la w has remained unmodified, and the primary question raised for the consideration of the house last even ing was whether the law of the land and the privi lege of Parliament had not equally been violated, owing to the circumstance of five Under Secretaries having simultaneously eat and voted in the Hous e , of Commons during the present session. The sta tute creating the office of Secretary for India is so explicit that it was impossible for the Government to avoid admitting that they had infringed the law. Lord Palmerston frankly stated to the house that an error had been committed, and proposed that a bill of indemnity should be passed for the benefit of those who had unconsciously acted in violation of the law. But the resolution submitted to the house by Mr. Disraeli aimed at results other than the mere affir mation of a legal and constitutional principle which did not admit of denial. He asked the house to de clare that the seat of the fifth Under Secretary was vacant. His view of the question was supported by the unanswerable argument that if the fifth Under Secretary was ineligible to sit in the House of Commons a week ago, he must be equally in eligible now, as he had not been re-elected since the redistribution of offices had given him a right to a. seat in the house. Oa the other hand, it was. contended by the Attorney-General that the office of Under Secretary stood on a footing different from that of those offices under the Crown referred to in the statute of Anne, and that their holders were not visited with that ineligie bility to sit in the House of Commons affixed to the offices specified in that Act of Parliament. The House of Commons is not the fittest tribunal to pro nounce upon a purely legal question, and it was agreed by common consent to refer this knotty point to a select committee, the house meanwhile accept ing the first portion of Mr. Disraeli's motion, affirm ing that it was a breach of the law for a fifth Secre tary of State to sit and vote as a member of their body. The circumstance that five Under Secretaries of State have, during the past year, sat in the House of Commons is, hot: ever, important on other grounds than that of being a mere breach of the law. Oa the distribution of the principal offices of State it is undoubtedly material that of the Chief Secretaryship of State a majority should be held by members of the Lower House. It is, no doubt, very right and proper to appoint Under Secre taries, but the House of Commons is entitled to claim the opportunity of addressing itself directly to those Secretaries at least who preside over de partments which regulate the principal portion of the expenditure of the country. In the present in stance, however, it - is scarcely fair to reproach Lord Palmerston, because, a few weeks since, three out of the five principal Secretaries of State were peers of the realm. When he accepted office Earl Russell was in the House of Commons, and Sir George Lewis was still alive. The balance has been par tially restored by the appointment of Mr. Cardwell to the office which the Duke of Newcastle was through illness compelled to resign, and there are now three Secretaries of State in the House of Commons. The appointment of a member of the Lower House to an Under Secretaryship, whilst four were distributed to members of that House, was an error, but that it was inadvertently com mitted is apparent from the fact that, though patent to the world, it escaped detection for so long a time. Important Circular Despatch of Bishop The following despatch, forwarded by the Danish•. Premier to King Christian's diplomatic agents at foreign Courts, has been recvived at Mr. M:uter's Copenhagen, April 9, ISCI. Sir,—Tho aces and proceedings of tho allied commis sioners in Schleswig have unfortunately given us too fre quent occasion to communicate with you upon the character the German Cabinets have impressed upon the invasion in spite of their former declarations, and notwithstanding the assurances they appear to have given to neutral Courts upon the subject of their intentions. I find myself now com pelled to call your attention to another series of still graver facts, in which, not content with setting aside the rights of the King, our enemies have gone so far as to violate the precepts of the right of nations and the first principles of humanity. The commander-in-chief of the Prussian army has re cently, without any previous warning, proceeded to bombard the open and inoffensive town of Sonderburg. Peaceable inhabitants, women and children, have been buried beneath the ruins or slaughtered by the bursting of shells, and hos pitals filled with wounded have had to be evacuated under a hail of bullets. Some Prussian hussars had been surprised during the night by a small Danish detachment near the village of Assendrup. To revenge themselves for this occurrence, which was owing to the heedlessness of their officers, tho Prussians have set fire to the farms at which the hussars were lodged, and, not content with reducing poor peasants to indigence, surrounded the burning building with a guard to prevent furniture and even animals being saved from the flames. In Jutland the allied armies have overwhelmed the inha bitants with contributions of all kinds, and to so exorbitant an extent, that certain localities have fouad it absolutely impossible to fulfil these requirements. The allied generals wished the Danish authorities to afford them assistance in these extortions, and when they refused to co-operate in the work of pillage 10 prefects, and burgo masters were arrested as prisoners and transported to the fortress of Rendsburg, where they have already been de tained upwards of a month. Though tormented in various ways, and exposed to every species of humiliation and pri vation, these honourable officials do not for a moment regret having done their duty, but fears are entertained lest this unjustifiable treatment may not soon cost at least one of their number hie life. I could swell the list of these atrocities by many more examples, but limit myself to again recalling to recollection that even churchyards and national monuments have not been secure from the Vandalism of the invaders. The Government of the King has unquestionably a right to make reprisals against this barbarous manner of waging war. If it has nevertheless decided upon not availing itself of the right of retaliation, it is from a belief that whatever the excuses capable of being brought for such a course, the nation would not be slow bitterly to repent an offence against laws never violated with impunity. The reprobation of the present age, and the condemnation of history, in fact, are punishments so rigorous that we cannot add to their weight. Wo restrict ourselves, therefore, t o not if y i ng the Lau. Europe and entire humanity will judge.—l have, Sze., (Signed) D. G. MONRA.D. THE NEW JAPANESE EMBASSY.—The Singapore correspondent of the Messager du Midi given the following information relative to the Japanese Enr• bassy, just arrived at Marseilles In 1862 the ambassa dors of the Taicoon in Paris had very skilfully demanded that Japan should not be constrained to open all her porter to foreigners so long as there was any cause to fear that; security in the interior could not be relied en. They offered every possible facility to commerce at Nagasaki and other points, but at none of those that had been wished for. The French Government accepted the demand, but on condilion. that Japan should reduce the duties on French wines and on articles of Paris manufacture. On returning to Yecidny and after 20 months' hesitation, that is to say, after having acquired the conviction that nothing could be done by force against the foreigners, a decision was come to, to yield on. the question of the tariffs, in order to demand in their turn. the fulfilment of the promises made at Pane. They hastened to go to the French Minister to offer him to take up the customs' question. A discussion took place, and in the end they yielded, as they said. out of sympathy to France. The followin g i s t h e official c i rcu l ar o f the Charge n'Affaires, which explains what was done :—' The undersigned Minis ter Plenipotentiary and Charge d'Affaires at Japan- as the honour to inform the French merchants that the Japanese Government has just come to a decision, conformably to the engagements stipulated at Paris by the ambassadors of the Taicoon, in October, 1562, relative to the reduction in the duties on French wines and articles of Paris manufac ture. That reduction will take place in the following pro ; portions :—Wines and liquids to 5 per cent. instead of 35 per cent., and Paris articles to 5 per cent, and 6 per cent., according to classes, instead of 20 per cent. The present r measure is to come into force for Yokohama on the Bth of , February, and fur the other porta QL, the Bth of March.' " ~~~ '~ I